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Member of Parliament, Kipipiri
Born
1970(56 yrs)
County
Nyandarua
Constituency
Kipipiri
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Wanjiku Muhia is a Kenyan politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Kipipiri Constituency in Nyandarua County. She was elected in the August 2022 general election on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket, defeating former National Assembly Majority Leader Amos Kimunya and returning Kipipiri to the ruling coalition side of national politics. She is widely profiled as one of the most prominent women leaders from Nyandarua, having previously been the first Woman Representative for Nyandarua County (2013–2017) and later a Member of the 4th East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) (2018–2022). Her political career is underpinned by a strong background in business administration, human resource management and customer service. Before elective office, she worked in the private sector, including as Regional Customer Service Manager at Equity Bank and HR/Administration Manager at Florensis BV, experience she often cites when speaking about service delivery, jobs and private-sector growth. Through the Wanjiku Muhia Foundation and partnerships such as the Nyandarua Cancer Centre, she has also been associated with health awareness, especially cancer education and support.
First Woman Representative for Nyandarua County (2013–2017): Elected in 2013 on a TNA/Jubilee ticket, becoming Nyandarua’s inaugural Woman Rep and one of the more active female voices in the 11th Parliament.
Member of the East African Legislative Assembly (2018–2022): Nominated and elected to the 4th EALA in 2017, where she represented Kenya at the regional level and worked on integration, trade and governance issues within the East African Community.
Bumpy personal and political journey: In a 2024 feature, she spoke of a “bumpy journey” marked by personal hardship and political setbacks, including losing the Nyandarua Woman Rep seat in 2017 before bouncing back via EALA and later Kipipiri—framed as resilience rather than scandal.
High expectations on vulnerable-groups agenda: Having built her brand around vulnerable groups (women, youth, PWDs, cancer patients), she faces continuous scrutiny from civil-society actors and local commentators on whether constituency and national projects match this strong advocacy profile.
Typical constituency-performance debates: As with most MPs, social-media debates occasionally question project distribution, bursary fairness and visibility in remote parts of Kipipiri; these remain performance and perception issues, not formal audit findings.
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MP for Kipipiri (2022–present): Won the Kipipiri parliamentary seat in 2022 on a UDA ticket, defeating former Majority Leader Amos Kimunya and re-establishing herself as a key political player from Nyandarua.
Legislative work on disability and public transport: Credited with sponsoring or championing amendments that strengthened the Persons with Disabilities Act by compelling TV stations to include sign language in news and major programmes, and with a petition that pushed government to reinstate cargo carriers on PSVs, protecting thousands of youth jobs.
